Portable roll stock dispenser

Abstract

A portable molded plastic roll stock dispenser with a housing for the roll, a supporting pedestal and a hollow base which can be filled with ballast. The housing has flexible tabs formed in the sidewalls thereof, with projecting stubs which engage the open ends of the core of a roll.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
       1. A roll stock dispenser, comprising: a base having a hollow interior which is adapted for containing therein a ballast material;   a roll stock support housing;   means for supporting said housing above said base connected at one end to said base and at the other end to said housing;   an opening in said base to facilitate filling said base with said ballast material; and   means in said support housing for supporting roll stock therein.   
     
     
       2. The dispenser of claim 1 which is integrally molded of plastic. 
     
     
       3. The roll stock dispenser of claim 1 wherein said base is smaller in horizontal cross sectional area than said roll support housing. 
     
     
       4. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 3 wherein said means for supporting said roll comprises: said housing including spaced first and second sidewalls, at least said first sidewall including a cantilevered tab having a base integral with said sidewall and a body separated from said sidewall by an arcuate slot located in and extending through said sidewall;   means attached to said tab and means attached to said second sidewall for engaging the core of said roll.   
     
     
       5. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 4 wherein said means attached to said tab and said means attached to said second sidewall for engaging the core of said roll comprise stubs, a first stub attached to said tab and extending perpendicularly therefrom toward said second sidewall and a second stub attached to said second sidewall and extending perpendicularly therefrom toward said first sidewall, whereby said roll is mounted on said support housing by flexing said tab outwardly and engaging said first and second stubs into the ends of the core of said roll stock. 
     
     
       6. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 5 wherein said cantilevered tab is C-shaped. 
     
     
       7. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 6 wherein: said means for supporting said housing above said base comprises a hollow pedestal;   said pedestal being located over said opening in said base;   said housing having an opening into said pedestal, whereby said base is filled and weighted by pouring ballast material into said opening in said housing, said ballast material flowing through said hollow interior of said pedestal, through said opening in said base, and into said hollow interior of said base.   
     
     
       8. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 7 wherein said base is rectangular in shape and wherein the length and width of said rectangular base are less than the length and width of said housing. 
     
     
       9. The dispenser of claim 8 which is integrally molded of plastic. 
     
     
       10. The dispenser of claim 4 which is integrally molded of plastic. 
     
     
       11. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 1 wherein: said means for supporting said housing above said base comprises a hollow pedestal;   said pedestal being located over said opening in said base;   said housing having an opening into said pedestal, whereby said base is filled and weighted by pouring ballast material into said opening in said housing, said ballast material flowing through said hollow interior of said pedestal, through said opening in said base, and into said hollow interior of said base.   
     
     
       12. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for supporting said roll comprises: said housing including spaced first and second sidewalls, at least said first sidewall including a cantilevered tab having a base integral with said sidewall and a body separated from said sidewall by an arcuate slot located in and extending through said sidewall;   means attached to said tab and means attached to said second sidewall for engaging the core of said roll.   
     
     
       13. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 12 wherein said means attached to said tab and said means attached to said second sidewall for engaging the core of said roll comprise stubs, a first stub attached to said tab and extending perpendicularly therefrom toward said second sidewall and a second stub attached to said second sidewall and extending perpendicularly therefrom toward said first sidewall, whereby said roll is mounted on said support housing by flexing said tab outwardly and engaging said first and second stubs into the ends of the core of said roll stock. 
     
     
       14. The roll stock dispenser of claim 11 wherein said base is smaller in horizontal cross sectional area than said roll support housing. 
     
     
       15. A roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 11 wherein said base is rectangular in shape and wherein the length and width of said rectangular base are less than the length and width of said housing. 
     
     
       16. The roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 7 wherein said hollow pedestal and housing provide an unobstructed passage for granular ballast to be introduced through said hollow pedestal into said base; said pedestal having an opening into it near its upper end to allow granular ballast to be introduced into said hollow pedestal. 
     
     
       17. The roll stock dispenser as recited in claim 16 wherein said housing includes a bottom wall connecting said sidewalls below said cantilevered tab, said pedestal connecting to said bottom wall for supporting said housing, said bottom wall having said housing opening through it communicating with the interior of said pedestal, and a cap removably positioned over said housing opening, whereby a roll of paper stock positioned in said housing will be located over said cap and housing opening to substantially conceal said cap and opening from view.